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                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                              
                          "Emergence" 
                          #40277-275 
                              
                           Story by 
                         Brannon Braga 
                              
                          Teleplay by 
                          Joe Menosky 
                              
                          Directed by 
                          Cliff Bole 


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                         FINAL DRAFT

                       FEBRUARY 17, 1994

           STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - CAST 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Emergence" 

                             CAST                               
                              
            PICARD                  CONDUCTOR
            RIKER                   ENGINEER
            DATA                    HAYSEED
            BEVERLY                 HITMAN
            TROI               
            WORF               
            GEORDI  
           
            Non-Speaking            Non-Speaking
             N.D. SUPERNUMERARIES    FLAPPERS
                                     MAN IN GREY FLANNEL SUIT
                                     GUNSLINGER

           STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - SETS 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Emergence" 

                             SETS 

            INTERIORS                  EXTERIORS
          
            USS ENTERPRISE             USS ENTERPRISE
              BRIDGE
              CORRIDOR                 NEW YORK STREET/SUBWAY
              SICKBAY                  NY STREET/CONSTRUCTION
              ENGINEERING               SITE
              JEFFERIES TUBE           NY STREET/INTERSECTION
              HOLODECK
                TRAIN/SALON CAR        PROBE
                TRAIN/ENGINE ROOM
          
              OBSERVATION LOUNGE
              CARGO BAY
              READY ROOM

    STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/18/94 - PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION 
                          "Emergence" 
                            
                      PRONUNCIATION GUIDE 

                   CORDANNAS      kore-DAN-us
                   GIORDANO       jee-or-DON-oh
                   MEKORDA        meh-CORE-da

       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/24/94 - TEASER       1.

                STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION                  
                         "Emergence"                               
                            TEASER                              

	FADE IN:

1    INT. REHEARSAL HALL

	(Note: this is a re-dress of the Klingon outpost set
	from "Firstborn".) The room is dark, the walls obscured
	by a light fog. DATA is standing in the dim light of
	a single burning TORCH. He is wearing loose-fitting,
	ritual ROBES, and he holds a carved wooden STAFF in one
	hand and a large, ancient-looking BOOK in the other.
	The SOUND of the nearby ocean can be heard. Data's
	voice is solemn, incantatory.

					DATA
			"I have bedimm'd the noontide sun,
			call'd forth the mutinous winds,
			and 'twixt the green sea and the
			azur'd vault set roaring war: to
			the dread rattling thunder have I
			given fire, and rifted Jove's
			stout oak with his own bolt; the
			strong-bas'd promontory have I
			made shake and by the spurs
			pluck'd up the pine and cedar;
			graves at my command have wak'd
			their sleepers, op'd, and let 'em
			forth by my so potent art."

	Data dramatically holds up the book.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			"But this rough magic I here
			abjure; and, when I have requir'd
			some Heavenly music -- which even
			now I do -- to work mine end upon
			their senses, that this airy charm
			is for, I'll break my staff, bury
			it certain fadoms in the earth,
			and deeper than did ever plummet
			sound -- I'll drown my book."

	He stops suddenly, his face now completely "Data."

					DATA
				(continuing)
			Captain, your attention is...
			wandering.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/24/94 - TEASER      1A.

2    INCLUDE PICARD (OPTICAL)

	standing nearby in the half-light.

					PICARD
			I can barely see.

       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - TEASER       2.

2    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Sir, I am supposed to be
			attempting a Neo-Platonic magical
			rite -- the darkness is
			appropriate to such a ritual.

									(CONTINUED)
					PICARD
			This is a play, Data. The
			audience has to see you.

	Data considers for a beat.

					DATA
			Perhaps I have been too... literal
			with respect to my set design.
				(to computer)
			Computer. Modify Holodeck program
			Data seven-three, Shakespeare's
			The Tempest, Act Five, scene one.
			Increase torchlight by twenty-percent.

	The torch flares up.

					PICARD
			Much better.
				(beat)
			Would you like to try it again?

					DATA
			Yes, sir... but I am not certain
			I fully understand the character
			of Prospero. I would appreciate
			any insights you may have which
			would improve my performance.

	Picard nods, considering for a beat.

					PICARD
			Well... Shakespeare witnessed the
			end of the Renaissance and the
			birth of the modern era. Prospero
			found himself in a world which no
			longer had any use for his
			powers...

	Picard indicates the scene.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Here he is about to perform one
			final creative act before giving
			up his art forever.

       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - TEASER       3.

2    CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			There is certainly a tragic aspect
			to the character.

	Picard nods. In the far distance, we just begin to
	hear an approaching SOUND.

					PICARD
			Yes, but he had a certain...
			expectancy as well. A hopefulness
			about the future...

	The sound is now distinct enough so that both Picard
	and Data begin to notice.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Shakespeare enjoyed mixing
			opposites...

	Data is now staring into the distance in the direction
	the sound appears to be coming from, puzzled. Picard
	does the same, his voice trailing off...

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Past and future... Despair and
			hope...

	Now a growing POINT OF LIGHT can be seen, getting
	closer as the sound starts to resemble a distant,
	increasing roar.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Data, is this part of your
			program?

					DATA
			No, Sir.

	The light and sound are much louder.

					PICARD
			Then what is it?

					DATA
			It appears to be a steam
			locomotive.

					PICARD
			A train?


       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - TEASER       4.

1    CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(nods)
			If I am not mistaken.

					PICARD
			Computer, end program.

	The glaring beam hits them like a horizontal spotlight.
	The roar grows. Picard reacts.

					PICARD
				(continuing, louder)
			Computer, end program...

	Nothing. This is all too real. Picard and Data
	simultaneously DIVE CLEAR of the tracks.

3    PICARD AND DATA (OPTICAL)

	on the ground. They look up at the train as it
	thunders by, catching glimpses of the car windows, the
	cranking, screeching wheels. The roar and clatter
	overwhelm any other sounds... And then suddenly it's
	past them... and it's gone. The room is back to way it
	was.

	Picard has a slight SCRAPE on his forehead from the
	fall. OFF their puzzled expressions...

									FADE OUT.

                         END OF TEASER                          

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT ONE      5.

                            ACT ONE                             

	FADE IN:

          (NOTE: Episode credits fall over opening scenes.)            

4    INT. CORRIDOR

	The Holodeck DOORS OPEN and Picard and Data step out
	(NOTE: Data is still wearing the Prospero costume).
	Data notices the cut on Picard's forehead.

					DATA
				(concerned)
			Captain, you are injured...

					PICARD
			It's just a scrape... I'll have it
			seen to...

	Data begins to work the Holodeck panel.

					DATA
			The train we encountered is from
			one of Doctor Crusher's Holodeck
			programs. It is a re-creation of
			the Orient Express, a train which
			ran from Paris to Istanbul from
			the late nineteenth century until --

					PICARD
			Yes, yes, I know about the Orient
			Express... but what was it doing
			on Prospero's Island?

					DATA
			There appears to have been a
			malfunction in the Holodeck's
			database retrieval system. The
			two programs were somehow
			temporarily linked together.

					PICARD
			Could this malfunction affect the
			other Holodecks as well?

					DATA
			It is a possibility. I would have
			to run a diagnostic to be certain.

					PICARD
			All right, get to it. And shut
			down all of the Holodecks until
			you're finished, just to be on the
			safe side.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT ONE      6.

4    CONTINUED:

					DATA
			Aye, sir.

	Picard heads down the corridor, leaving Data as he
	continues to work the panel.

5    INT. SICKBAY

	Picard is sitting on a biobed as BEVERLY treats his
	forehead with a MEDICAL INSTRUMENT, healing the scrape
	as they speak.

					PICARD
			I never realized you were
			interested in trains. Did you
			know that at its peak, the Orient
			Express carried over ten thousand
			passengers a year?

					BEVERLY
			It's not really the train itself
			I'm interested in...

					PICARD
			Then what?

					BEVERLY
			The experience.
				(beat)
			The Orient Express was... mystery
			and romance. It was an elegant
			way to see exotic places and meet
			fascinating people...
				(beat)
			Did you know that on one trip,
			both Sigmund Freud and Gertrude
			Stein just happened to be on the
			same car? They ended up having
			dinner together every night.

	Picard's intrigued by the notion.

					PICARD
			I wonder what they talked
			about... ?

	Beverly smiles.

					BEVERLY
			Why don't you take a trip
			yourself... and find out?

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT ONE      7.

5    CONTINUED:

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			Riker to Picard.

					PICARD
				(taps combadge)
			Picard here.

					RIKER'S COM VOICE
			All sections are ready to begin
			the survey, sir.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Very good. I'm on my way.

	Picard jumps down from the biobed and heads for the
	door.

					BEVERLY
			Think about that trip, Jean-Luc...
			You never know who you'll meet on
			the Orient Express...

	Picard EXITS.

									CUT TO:

6    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at impulse.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, Stardate 47869.2.
			After weathering an unexpected
			magnascopic storm in the Mekorda
			Sector, we are continuing our
			search for new Federation colony
			sites.

7    INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and RIKER are at their command chairs, Data at
	Ops. N.D.s are at various stations. Riker hands
	Picard a PADD.

					RIKER
			I don't see any possibility of
			developing sites in this region.
			Most of the stars are mainsequence
			binaries with no M-class
			planets.

         STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - ACT ONE         8.

7    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(reads PADD)
			All right then, let's move on to
			the next survey region... Have
			stellar cartography begin a--

	Suddenly, the SHIP LURCHES FORWARD.

					PICARD
			Mister Data, report.

					DATA
				(off console)
			The ship has gone into warp, sir.

					RIKER
			Who gave the command?

					DATA
				(off console)
			Apparently no one. Helm and
			navigation controls are not
			functioning.
				(beat)
			Our speed is now warp seven-point-three
			and holding.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Picard to Engineering. Mister La
			Forge, what's going on down there?

									INTERCUT:

8    INT. ENGINEERING

	GEORDI is frantically moving between consoles.

					GEORDI
				(to com)
			I don't understand it, sir. The
			impulse systems suddenly cut out
			and the warp drive kicked in.

					RIKER
			Geordi, can you take the engines
			off-line?

					GEORDI
			I'm working on it...

	Geordi moves off to work another console.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT ONE      9.

8    CONTINUED:

					PICARD
			Data, what's our heading?

					DATA
				(off console)
			Bearing one-eight-seven mark four.
			I am unable to determine our
			destination -- but we are heading
			away from the Mekorda sector.

	Picard and Riker exchange a puzzled look.

					GEORDI
				(breaking in)
			Captain, the computer's locked-out
			all the propulsion controls... I
			can't access any of the
			overrides...
				(beat)
			If you want us to stop, we'll have
			to do an emergency core shutdown...

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			That'll leave us without warp
			power for more than a week...

	But Picard does not like having the ship out of his
	control.

					PICARD
			Begin the procedure, Mister La
			Forge...

	A tense beat... and then there is a VIOLENT JOLT as the
	ship suddenly drops out of warp.

					DATA
				(off console)
			We are no longer at warp...
			Impulse power has resumed... all
			systems show normal.

					RIKER
			Where are we?

					DATA
				(off console)
			We are approximately thirty-billion
			kilometers from our
			original position.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT ONE      10.

8    CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Good work, Geordi.

	Geordi is checking the readout of a console, shaking
	his head.

					GEORDI
			It wasn't me that took us out of
			warp, sir. I didn't have time to
			complete the shut-down
			procedure...

	A puzzling beat. Picard doesn't like this one bit.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Well, I want an explanation.
			Picard out.

	OFF Picard and Riker's expressions.

									CUT TO:

9    EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	moving at impulse.

10   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE

	Picard walks up to the station where Data and Geordi
	are carefully studying an OKUDAGRAM on the monitor.
	The graphic shows the ship surrounded by a "sea" of
	small, intense regions of energy.

					PICARD
			Have you found anything, yet?

					GEORDI
			Only that we've got more than one
			mystery here, sir...

	Picard reacts.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT ONE      11.

10   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			We still don't know why the ship
			jumped into warp... but it looks
			like we're lucky it did.

	Picard gives him a questioning look.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			There was a theta flux distortion
			building up around the ship.

	Geordi indicates the monitor graphic which Picard
	studies briefly.

					PICARD
				(concerned)
			Why didn't the sensors alert us?

					GEORDI
			Our sensors were never designed to
			detect theta flux distortions.
			And yet -- there is a record of
			the distortion in the sensor log.
			That's the other mystery.

					DATA
			One fact is clear, however. The
			distortion was gaining in
			strength. If we had remained at
			our original position one-point
			seven seconds longer, the
			distortion would have ruptured our
			warp core.

					GEORDI
			If the Enterprise hadn't jumped
			into warp when it did... we
			would've been blown to pieces.

	OFF Picard's reaction.

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT ONE                          

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      12.

                            ACT TWO                             

	FADE IN:

11   OMITTED

12   INT. JEFFERIES TUBE

	Data and Geordi are crawling along a horizontal section
	of the tube.

					GEORDI
			I just don't get it, Data. What
			could have caused the engines to
			jump into warp drive on their own?

					DATA
			Perhaps the engines were activated
			by a random power fluctuation.

					GEORDI
				(skeptical)
			Which occurred just in time to
			save the ship?

					DATA
			It is improbable... but it is
			possible.

					GEORDI
			Well, I don't think I'm ready to
			start believing in luck.

	They have arrived near a MEESPANEL in the side of the
	tube, and Geordi begins to remove it.

					DATA
			There is another possibility. The
			sensors apparently detected a
			dangerous anomaly that threatened
			the Enterprise. It is possible
			that they triggered a safety
			response which caused the ship to
			avoid destruction.

					GEORDI
			But there's no direct link between
			the sensors and the warp
			engines...

	As he peers into the junction, he pulls back in
	surprise.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      13.

12   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			What is this... ?

	Inside the panel he sees...

13   A COMPLEX NODE OF INTERCONNECTIONS

	completely different in color and appearance from the
	circuitry around it.

14   RESUME SCENE (OPTICAL)

	as Geordi and Data begin scanning the mysterious node.

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			It's some kind of new circuit
			node... and it's connected to at
			least half a dozen points in the
			sensor array...

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			It appears to be connected to
			several other systems as well...
			including the warp control
			circuits.

					GEORDI
			I guess there is a link between
			the sensors and the engines after
			all..

	Geordi takes out his tech instrument and attempts to
	probe the strange node... suddenly, a FORCE FIELD
	flashes briefly, forcing him back.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      14.

14   CONTINUED:

	He pulls back, startled.

					GEORDI
			A force field... where did that
			come from?

	Data scans.

					DATA
			I am not certain -- possibly from
			the node itself.

	Geordi reaches toward the node once more, and again,
	the force field FRITZES.

					GEORDI
			Well... wherever it came from...
			it sure doesn't want us messing
			with that node.

	Data regards the strange node, puzzling over the odd
	events, his positronic matrix working to solve the
	mystery.

					DATA
			It appears to be protecting
			itself.

	OFF Geordi's look...

									CUT TO:

15   INT. ENGINEERING

	Data and Geordi are briefing Riker at the pool table.
	A monitor displays a GRAPHIC of the Enterprise,
	highlighting the locations of several connection nodes
	scattered throughout the ship. The connection nodes
	are all linked together, and the image suggests the
	crude beginnings of spider's web.

					GEORDI
				(re: graphic)
			We found these "nodes" in several
			systems around the ship. At some
			level, they were all connected to
			each other.

					DATA
			There were nodes linking the
			sensors to our warp control and
			defensive systems. We believe
			this is why the ship jumped to
			warp.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      15.

15   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			When the sensors detected danger,
			the defensive systems reacted to
			the threat -- and activated the
			warp engines to protect us.

					RIKER
			Where did these nodes come from?

					DATA
			It is possible that the
			magnascopic storm we recently
			experienced had an unexpected
			effect on the ship's systems.

					GEORDI
			Wherever they came from, they seem
			to be multiplying.

					DATA
			As they increase, it will become
			progressively more difficult to
			control the ship.

					RIKER
			What do you propose we do?

					GEORDI
			Well, it's not going to be easy to
			get rid of them.
				(beat)
			When we attempted to examine the
			circuitry of one of the nodes, it
			generated a force-field to keep us
			out.

					RIKER
			Whatever's going on here -- our
			first priority is to get back
			control of the ship.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      16.

15   CONTINUED: (2)

					DATA
			Agreed...

	Data indicates a point on the graphic.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			All of the nodes intersect in
			Holodeck three. It appears to be
			a... focal point of some kind.

					GEORDI
			We might be able to find a way to
			use the Holodeck circuits to
			disable the nodes...

	Riker considers for a beat.

					RIKER
			All right. Let's do it.

	OFF their expression as they stare thoughtfully at the
	graphic.

									CUT TO:

16   INT. CORRIDOR

	Riker, Data, and WORF are standing outside the
	Holodeck; both Data and Worf have TRICORDERS. Data is
	tapping commands into the control panel.

					DATA
				(puzzled)
			Commander, the Holodeck appears to
			be in operation.

					RIKER
			I thought you shut down the entire
			system.

					DATA
			I did. However, it has reactivated
			itself... and it will
			not disengage.

					WORF
			Which program is running?

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      17.

16   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off panel)
			Several different programs appear
			to be running simultaneously.

					RIKER
			Well... this should be
			interesting...

	The three exchange a look and then step through the
	door into...

17   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	It's a classic Victorian salon car, decorated in the
	opulent, grand style of the time. There's a door at
	each end and the WINDOWS are covered by closed DRAPES;
	a SIGNAL CABLE runs along one of the walls, used by
	passengers to signal the engineer. The HUMMING of the
	rails and the CLACKETY-CLACK of the tracks can be heard
	as the train speeds along.

	Data immediately begins scanning the area as Riker and
	Worf try to get their bearings, carefully observing the
	bizarre scene:

	Two 1920's Zelda Fitzgerald-style FLAPPERS sit at an
	elegant table with a briefcase-wielding MAN IN A GREY
	FLANNEL SUIT. They are engrossed in piecing together
	a large JIGSAW PUZZLE of a strange, multi-colored THREE-DIMENSIONAL
	MOLECULE...

	A Medieval KNIGHT in shining armor is in another corner
	of the car. He is carefully cutting a folded newspaper
	with a large pair of SCISSORS. Beside him is a HAYSEED
	wearing a floppy straw hat and overalls, a corncob pipe
	stuck in his mouth -- a real hick. The Hayseed
	watches, fascinated, as the Knight continues to cut...

	A dangerous-looking GUNSLINGER straight out of the old
	West stalks silently up and down the aisle. He moves
	with what might be murderous intent to the Flapper and
	the Flannel Man... he reaches for his belt... and pulls
	out a PUZZLE PIECE. He places it just where it belongs
	into the puzzle, then takes a seat to help them
	continue...

					RIKER
				(a bit overwhelmed)
			You weren't kidding, Data...

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      18.

17   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(off tricorder)
			No, sir. I estimate that this...
			scene consists of portions of at
			least seven distinct Holodeck
			programs...

					RIKER
			See if you can access the circuits
			that have been affected by the
			nodes.

	Data and Worf acknowledge and move off, scanning the
	cabin.

	At that moment, the front door OPENS, and the CONDUCTOR
	ENTERS the car. He is dressed like a typical American
	trainman circa 1920 and has the typical cheery-but-take-no-guff
	attitude of his kind.

					CONDUCTOR
			Tickets please... please have your
			tickets ready...

	The Hayseed fishes through his pockets for a TICKET and
	hands it to the Conductor.

					HAYSEED
				(excited)
			You know, I've never even been
			away from home... and now I'm
			goin' all the way to Vertiform
			City!

	As the Conductor punches the tickets, the Knight stops
	cutting his newspaper and opens it out -- he has
	fashioned it into a STRING OF PAPER DOLLS.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      19.

17   CONTINUED: (2)

	He shows it expectantly to the Conductor.

					CONDUCTOR
			Very nice, sir. Enjoy your trip.

	The Conductor hands the tickets back to the Hayseed and
	continues down the aisle, moving past Riker, Data, and
	Worf as if they didn't exist.

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Tickets please... please have your
			tickets ready...

					DATA (O.S.)
			Commander...

	Riker turns to see Data and Worf standing near a
	section of the car's wall. They are scanning it
	carefully with their tricorders. Riker joins them.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			We have located a large
			concentration of nodes behind this
			wall... They appear to be
			connected directly to the
			Holodeck's main power coupling.

					RIKER
			All right... go ahead and
			depolarize the entire power grid.

	As Data moves toward the train wall --

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      20.

17   CONTINUED: (3)

					CONDUCTOR (O.S.)
			Get away from there...

	The Conductor is standing right behind them. His voice
	is cold and suspicious, and all traces of his earlier,
	cheerful manner are gone. Everyone in the car is now
	staring at the group, seeing them for the first time.
	It's a spooky, unsettling moment.

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Would you gentlemen care to show
			me your tickets?

	He moves a little closer, menacingly... This is getting
	really creepy. Riker tries to fake his way out.

					RIKER
			We... left them in our
			compartments.
				(to Worf)
			I told you to bring the tickets.

					WORF
			I... forgot.

					CONDUCTOR
			I don't think you folks belong on
			this train...

	He starts to move in... and suddenly, the front door of
	the car BURSTS OPEN, and the ENGINEER rushes in. He is
	an excitable, bespectacled man in a traditional train
	engineer's uniform. He moves straight for the
	Conductor.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      21.

17   CONTINUED: (4)

					ENGINEER
				(to Conductor)
			You leave these people alone!
			They're only trying to help!

					CONDUCTOR
			Get back to the engine. This
			doesn't concern you.

	The Engineer puts himself between the Conductor and
	Riker, Data, and Worf. He gestures to the Conductor
	and the other passengers.

					ENGINEER
			They're trying to hijack the
			train...

	The Hayseed stands up and moves forward.

					HAYSEED
			Hey, if you're the Engineer, then
			who's doing the drivin'?

	But before the Engineer can answer...

	BLAM! A SINGLE, LOUD PISTOL SHOT suddenly rings out.
	The Engineer pitches forward into Riker's arms -- dead.

18
thru	OMITTED
19

20   REVEAL THE HITMAN

	standing in the doorway, a smoking Colt Army .45
	AUTOMATIC PISTOL cradled comfortably in his hand.

					HITMAN
			I am.

21   INT. ENGINEERING

	Suddenly, a console EXPLODES in a shower of sparks near
	Geordi, sending him reeling backwards.

	An N.D. STARFLEET ENSIGN rushes to his aid -- Geordi
	is already struggling to his feet. He's all right,
	just a little dazed.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      22.

21   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I'm all right...

	Geordi looks at the ruined console.

					GEORDI
				(continuing, disbelief)
			It looks like the navigational
			relays overloaded...

22   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	As Riker lowers the Engineer's body to the floor, The
	Conductor tugs the cable several times, causing several
	CHIMES to sound. Suddenly, the wheels SCREECH and the
	train LURCHES, tossing everybody to one side. With a
	LOUD BLAST from the train's WHISTLE, the train
	straightens itself again and continues forward even
	faster than before...

					DATA
			I believe we have changed
			direction...

	The Conductor rushes to the window and takes a quick
	look outside. He steps back delighted.

					CONDUCTOR
			Now we're on the right track!
				(to everyone)
			Ladies and Gentlemen... we are on
			our way!

	The passengers begin to cheer wildly...

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      23.

23   INT. ENGINEERING

	Suddenly, the warp core -- which until now had been
	idle with the ship at impulse -- comes to life and
	begins to PULSE... the SHIP LURCHES FORWARD.

	Geordi quickly moves to the pool table and studies the
	readouts.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard to La Forge. What's going
			on? We just went into warp...

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			We've lost engine and helm control
			again, sir... but this time,
			they're completely burned out.
				(beat, grim)
			I don't know if we can stop the
			ship.

24   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	The Conductor reaches into the Engineer's bib and
	withdraws a BRICK OF GOLD. He looks at it, pleased.

					HITMAN
				(to Conductor)
			I was right -- he was tryin' to
			make off with my brick.

	He tucks it into his pocket.

					CONDUCTOR
			You take good care of that -- we
			can't afford to lose it.

	The Hitman pats his pocket confidently, then he and the
	Conductor turn to face our people, the Hitman
	brandishing his weapon.

					CONDUCTOR
			Are you people going to leave...
			or are we going to have to throw
			you off this train?

	They look like they're ready to do it... Riker and Worf
	are ready for a fight when Data pulls them back.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT TWO      24.

24   CONTINUED:

					DATA
				(quietly)
			According to my tricorder, the
			Holodeck safeties have been
			disengaged. His weapon could be
			lethal.

	A tense beat.

					RIKER
			All right... let's get out of
			here.

	Riker, Data, and Worf move slowly to the exit as the
	Conductor watches them leave...

									CUT TO:

25   INT. ENGINEERING

	Riker, Data and Geordi are gathered around the pool
	table. A monitor GRAPHIC displays the connection nodes
	throughout the ship; compared to the previous graphic,
	the number of nodes has increased dramatically, and the
	"spider's web" of connections has become far more
	complex.

	Data is studying it with keen interest.

					DATA
			The number of systems now affected
			by the nodes has grown
			considerably.
				(beat)
			Sensors, engines, replicators,
			propulsion... they are all working
			together now, almost independently
			of the main computer. And the
			nodes link all of them through the
			Holodeck.

					RIKER
			But why the Holodeck? That
			doesn't make any sense.

					DATA
			Commander, I think what happens on
			the Holodeck has a direct effect
			on the ship. When we attempted to
			destroy the nodes -- the
			characters on the train responded
			immediately to stop us.

      STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/17/94 - ACT TWO      25.

25   CONTINUED:

	Riker considers the chain of events.

					RIKER
			And when the Engineer tried to
			protect us -- one of the
			characters shot him.

					DATA
			The Conductor then signalled for
			the train to change directions...
			and at approximately the same time --

					GEORDI
			-- the Enterprise took off in a
			new direction, too.

	The group considers this reasoning carefully.

					RIKER
			Are you saying... that the ship is
			being controlled by the Holodeck?

					DATA
			Not precisely.

	Data gestures again to the graphic.

					DATA
			Geordi, does the configuration of
			the connection nodes look familiar
			to you?

	Geordi peers at the graphic, studying it carefully.

					GEORDI
				(realizing)
			Yeah... it's... a little like the
			structure of your positronic
			brain.

					DATA
			That is correct. It appears that
			the nodes are in the process of
			creating a rudimentary neural net.

	Riker and Geordi eye him in astonishment.

					RIKER
			Data -- what are you suggesting?

					DATA
			Unlikely as it may sound... I
			believe that the Enterprise may be
			forming an intelligence.

	OFF their stunned reactions...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT TWO                          

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     26.

                           ACT THREE                            

	FADE IN:

26   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	at warp.

27   INT. OBSERVATION LOUNGE (OPTICAL)

	Data is standing at the wall monitor, briefing Picard,
	Riker, Beverly, TROI, Geordi, and Worf. The monitor
	displays a GRAPHIC of THREE SEPARATE IMAGES.

	Data indicates the first image.

					DATA
			This is a synaptic map of the
			human neo-cortex...
				(indicates second image)
			This is a cross-section of my
			positronic net...
				(indicates third image)
			And this is a schematic of the
			connection nodes linking the
			ship's systems...

	The three images bear a striking similarity.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I believe some sort of neural
			matrix is forming on the ship. It
			is still relatively primitive, but
			it is an intelligence nonetheless.

					TROI
			How could this happen?

					DATA
			I believe it is an emergent
			property.

					PICARD
			Explain.

					DATA
			Complex systems can sometimes
			behave in ways that are entirely
			unpredictable. The human brain,
			for example, might be described in
			terms of cellular functions and
			neuro-chemical interactions.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     27.

27   CONTINUED:

	A beat as he looks around at the group.

					DATA
			But that description does not
			explain human consciousness -- a
			capacity that far exceeds simple
			neural functions.
				(beat)
			Consciousness is an emergent
			property.

					GEORDI
			In other words, something that's
			more than the sum of its parts...

					DATA
			Exactly.

					BEVERLY
			How does that explain what's
			happening to the Enterprise?

					DATA
			The Enterprise contains a vast
			database of information which is
			managed by a sophisticated
			computer. This complex system
			gives the ship many of the
			characteristics of a biological
			organism.

					RIKER
			That's true... it "sees" with its
			sensors... "talks" with its
			communications systems...

					BEVERLY
			In a sense, it even "reproduces"
			with the replicators...

					PICARD
				(to Data)
			And you think the ship has somehow
			gone beyond those functions... has
			developed a new capacity...

					DATA
			Yes, sir. I believe a self-determining
			intelligence is
			emerging.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     28.

27   CONTINUED: (2)

	There's a beat as they consider the implications --
	it's a difficult concept to accept.

					WORF
			If that is so... what does the
			ship want? Where is it taking us?

					DATA
			I believe the key to understanding
			the ship's behavior lies in the
			Holodeck.
				(beat)
			All of the connection nodes
			intersect at that location. It is
			clearly some kind of processing
			center.

					PICARD
			Processing center... ?

					DATA
			Yes, sir. A focal point... where
			all the ideas and instincts of
			this emerging intelligence are
			first expressed in some form.

					TROI
			Almost like an "imagination... "

	A beat as Troi considers this.

					TROI
				(continuing)
			Sir, I'd like to go to the
			Holodeck. I could interact with
			the characters... maybe find some
			clues that would help us
			understand what's happening.

					PICARD
			Very well. Mister Data, Mister
			Worf, you'll go along. See if
			there's any way to re-establish
			control of the ship without
			destroying the nodes.
					(MORE)

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     29.

27   CONTINUED: (3)

					PICARD (Cont'd)
				(beat)
			If this ship truly is an emerging
			intelligence, then it's our
			responsibility to treat it with
			the same respect we would give any
			other being.

	Data nods and the meeting breaks up.

									CUT TO:

28   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	Troi, Data, and Worf ENTER from the rear door. Data is
	carrying a small SCANNING DEVICE. They hear a loud
	CLANG... CLANG... CLANG... and turn toward it...

29   THE SCENE

	One of the Flappers is attempting to give the Knight a
	drink from a beautiful CHALICE... but she keeps banging
	it against his visor. CLANG... CLANG... CLANG.

	Elsewhere, the Man in the Grey Flannel Suit sits in a
	chair, calmly reading a newspaper. Beside him, the
	Gunslinger is bound head-to-toe in a heavy rope, a gag
	stuffed in his mouth.

	The Hayseed and one of the Flappers are sitting at the
	elegant table, still working on the jigsaw puzzle.

	The Conductor is nowhere to be seen.

	Troi reacts to the bizarre scene.

					WORF
			Welcome aboard, Counselor...

	Data activates his device.

					DATA
			If you will distract these people,
			I will attempt to depolarize the
			power grid.

	Data moves down the aisle.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     30.

30   TROI AND WORF

	move to the elegant table where The Hayseed looks up at
	them.

					WORF
			Have you finished the puzzle yet?

					HAYSEED
			Not yet... but we're gettin'
			close.

	Worf and Troi look curiously at the puzzle.

31   INCLUDE THE PUZZLE

	The nearly complete puzzle is a picture of a strange,
	multi-colored THREE-DIMENSIONAL molecule -- it suggests
	a cross between a strand of DNA and an electronic
	circuit.

					WORF
			Do you recognize it?

					TROI
			No...

					WORF
				(to the puzzlers)
			I'd like to help.

	Worf takes a seat... Troi moves off. Worf takes a
	puzzle piece and after a brief search, places it
	correctly in the puzzle.

					WORF
			Tell me... exactly what are you
			making?

					HAYSEED
			What do you think we're makin'? A
			puzzle!

	Worf tries again.

					WORF
			No, I mean the picture. What is
			it?

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     31.

31   CONTINUED:

					HAYSEED
				(puzzled)
			I don't know.

32   OMITTED

33   THE HITMAN

	is playing gin rummy with the Gunslinger. The brick of
	gold sits on the table near the Hitman.

					TROI
			Can you deal me in?

					HITMAN
			Sorry. It's a two-man game.

	Troi sees the gold brick, and reaches for it. The
	Hitman grabs her wrist and pushes her hand back.

					HITMAN
			Hey, hey, hey -- keep your hands
			off that.

					TROI
			Is that why you killed the
			Engineer -- to get this brick?

					HITMAN
			I had to get it back. You know
			how much it's worth, lady?
			Plenty.
				(taps it)
			And I gotta get it to Keystone
			City.

					TROI
			Why? What's at Keystone City?

	The Hitman looks at her, amazed.

					HITMAN
			That's where everything begins...

	He lays his cards on the table.

					HITMAN
			Gin.

	Troi reacts -- the Hitman has laid down five identical
	cards, each one with a picture of the strange, THREE-DIMENSIONAL
	molecule on it.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     32.

34   OMITTED

35   ANOTHER ANGLE - DATA AND WORF

	Worf has joined Data, who is kneeling on the floor with
	his device.

					WORF
			Are you succeeding, Commander?

					DATA
			I am ready to access the main
			power grid.

					CONDUCTOR (O.S.)
			Keystone City, next stop.

	Data and Worf turn to see the Conductor walking down
	the aisle, calling out to the passengers, who are
	reacting to the news with obvious excitement.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     33.

35   CONTINUED:

	The Cnductor stops in front of Data and Worf. He looks
	at them closely and raises an eyebrow -- he's annoyed,
	but not violent like the last time.

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Well, look who's back.

					WORF
			We do not want any trouble, sir.
			We are simply... passengers.

					CONDUCTOR
			Then I'm sure you wouldn't mind
			showing me your tickets?

	Worf grits his teeth -- not again...

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Right. Sorry, boys... You're
			getting off right here...

	With his words, the train HISSES to a stop. The
	Conductor begins to force Data and Worf toward the
	door...

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     34.

36   TROI AND THE HITMAN

	He suddenly stands up, grabs the brick.

					HITMAN
			This is my stop.

					TROI
			Wait -- tell me what happens at
			Keystone City. Why are you taking
			the brick there... ?

	But he doesn't answer, moves quickly for the EXIT.
	Troi follows.

37   INCLUDE DATA AND WORF

	who are still being pushed out by the Conductor. The
	Hitman brushes past them and out the rear door. Troi
	approaches.

					TROI
			I think we should follow that man.
			That brick may be an important
			clue...

	All three EXIT through the rear door...

38   EXT. HOLODECK/NEW YORK STREET - BROOKLYN SUBWAY - DAY

	Troi, Data, and Worf emerge from the subway, walking up
	the stairs into the middle of the street. The place is
	completely deserted.

	Troi looks around in vain for the Hitman.

					TROI
				(frustrated)
			Where did he go... ?

	Data immediately begins scanning the area with his
	device. He moves out into the intersection...

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT THREE     35.

39   FOLLOW DATA

	as he carefully scans the street. He stops at a
	MANHOLE COVER in the middle of the intersection.

					DATA
			I can access the power grid here.

	Data makes an adjustment to his device. Troi keeps
	looking around, searching for the Hitman.

40   THE MANHOLE COVER DISAPPEARS (OPTICAL)

	revealing a HIGH-TECH INTERFACE underneath. The border
	shows the yellow lines of the Holodeck grid.

41   RESUME SCENE

	as Data bends down and begins to hook his device into
	the interface.

					DATA
			I will attempt to depolarize the
			grid by using a low-frequency
			inversion field. That may
			disengage the nodes without
			destroying them.

	Troi, still looking, suddenly spots --

42   THE HITMAN

	as he moves furtively out of sight around a corner.

43   RESUME SCENE

					TROI
			There he is. I'm going after him.

					WORF
			I am coming with you.

	Troi and Worf move away off-screen. Data continues to
	work.

	Suddenly, out of nowhere, a 1940's era CHECKER TAXICAB
	screeches around a corner, heading straight for Data...

       STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - ACT THREE       36.

43   CONTINUED:

	Data moves quickly out of the way as the TAXI races
	past, barely missing him. It drives out of sight,
	disappearing around a corner.

	OFF Data's expression...

44   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - CONSTRUCTION SITE - DAY

	It's the front of an apartment building. The MAIN DOOR
	is surrounded by SCAFFOLDING -- it's been almost
	entirely bricked-in, and there's a PILE OF BRICKS on
	the ground in front of it. It's a strangely
	incongruous site on this nice, finished residential
	block.

	The Hitman appears from around a corner, moving quickly
	towards the construction site. Troi and Worf arrive a
	beat later.

					TROI
			What are you doing here?

	They cautiously move toward him as he locates a
	particular spot on the bricked-in door. There's a HOLE
	in the middle -- one brick is missing, purposefully
	left out.

	The Hitman smiles and turns to them.

					HITMAN
			Laying the foundation...

	The Hitman reaches into his coat and pulls out the gold
	brick. He puts into the hole -- it fits perfectly.

45   THE BRICK (OPTICAL)

	For a moment, the brick GLOWS brightly with a strange,
	unearthly light... when the glow fades, the gold brick
	is no longer visible -- the face of the brick wall is
	one continuous whole... it's complete.

46   RESUME SCENE

					HITMAN
			Now, if you'll excuse me, I've got
			a train to catch.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     37.

46   CONTINUED:

	He takes off. Troi and Worf move forward and examine
	the brick wall curiously...

									CUT TO:

47   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE

	The ship is at RED ALERT. Geordi is working the
	console as Picard watches with concern.

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			I don't understand it, sir...
			Cargo Bay Five suddenly started to
			depressurize...

					PICARD
			Did everyone get out in time?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir, and I've re-established
			the containment field... But I'm
			reading massive power surges in
			the Cargo Bay, and all sorts of
			transporter activity...
				(beat)
			There's something weird happening,
			sir.

					PICARD
			Get a team down there immediately.
			I want to know what's going on.

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

	Geordi moves away to the Turbolift. OFF Picard's
	expression.

									CUT TO:

48   INT. CARGO BAY

	Geordi ENTERS with TWO N.D. STARFLEET OFFICERS -- and
	they immediately see an incredible sight.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT THREE     38.

49   THE OBJECT (OPTICAL)

	on the floor, GLOWING. It is solid and semitransparent,
	a tiny shape, not unlike one of the
	sections of the molecular image we've been seeing.

					GEORDI
				(taps combadge)
			La Forge to Bridge...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard here... what's going on?

					GEORDI
			I wish I could tell you...

	OFF Geordi's astonished expression.

									FADE OUT.

                       END OF ACT THREE                         

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     39.

                           ACT FOUR                             

	FADE IN:

50   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - CONSTRUCTION SITE - DAY

	Troi and Worf are still examining the brick wall,
	trying to understand what just happened.

					TROI
			That man said he was "laying a
			foundation"...

					WORF
			But a foundation for what... ?

	The question hangs in the air... neither one has an
	answer.

					TROI
				(taps combadge)
			Troi to Data...

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Data here.

					TROI
				(to com)
			How are you coming?

51   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - INTERSECTION - DAY -
CLOSE ON DATA

					DATA
				(to com)
			I encountered a minor difficulty,
			Counselor...

52   WIDEN TO REVEAL

	Data is working with only one of his hands in the
	manhole -- his other hand is holding the front bumper
	of the taxi, which is spinning its wheels in a futile
	attempt to run him over.

					DATA
				(continuing, to com)
			But it has been dealt with. I am
			ready to depolarize the power
			grid.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     40.

52   CONTINUED:

	Data taps a command on his device which begins to HUM.

	A moment later, the ground begins to TREMBLE...

53   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and his team are scanning the mysterious object
	on the ground, which is still in the process of
	MATERIALIZING.

					GEORDI
				(to N.D., off tricorder)
			It looks like the ship's
			replicator and transporter systems
			have been merged somehow...
			they're working together to create
			this... the question is, what is
			it?

	They stare at the strange "molecular" shape for a
	moment.

					GEORDI
				(continuing, to N.D.)
			Ensign, I want to run a full
			spectral analysis on --

	Suddenly, the ship begins to SHAKE and lights FLICKER.
	Geordi reads his tricorder.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			I'm picking up a massive power
			fluctuation... the ship's losing
			structural integrity...

54   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - CONSTRUCTION SITE

	The tremble has grown into a violent SHAKING. Troi and
	Worf glance around in concern.

					TROI
			What's happening?

					WORF
			An earthquake... ?

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     41.

54   CONTINUED:

	A sudden JOLT causes a flurry of BRICKS to fall off the
	scaffolding around the door frame. Troi is nearest to
	the bricked-in wall as it starts to collapse. She
	dives for safety, but gets HIT by the falling debris.

					WORF
				(continuing)
			Deanna!

	Troi falls to the ground. Worf rushes to her, drags
	her out of the falling debris to safety. She sits up,
	alive but badly bruised and shaken.

55   EXT. HOLODECK/NY STREET - INTERSECTION - DAY

	Data is still at the manhole with his device.

					GEORDI'S COM VOICE
			La Forge to Data -- stop what
			you're doing!

					DATA
			Acknowledged...

	Data quickly works his device. The HUM of the device
	subsides... and the shaking quickly DIES DOWN. The
	taxi's engine stops running; Data lets go of it.

56   INT. CARGO BAY

					GEORDI
			Data... I think we should get
			together and compare notes.

	He heads for the door.

									CUT TO:

57   INT. SICKBAY

	Troi on the biobed, Beverly treating her, Geordi and
	Picard nearby.

					TROI
			The ship was protecting itself
			again -- stopping us from
			interfering. Whatever it's doing --
			it intends to continue.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     42.

57   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
			I'm betting it all has something
			to do with the object that's
			forming in the Cargo Bay.

					TROI
			I think he's right, Captain. Look
			at the common themes that are
			playing out on the Holodeck. A
			puzzle being put together... a
			foundation being laid... a paper
			doll being fashioned. All images
			of something being constructed.

					GEORDI
			And an object in the Cargo Bay
			that's being constructed -- atom
			by atom.

					PICARD
			What is this object?

					GEORDI
			I have no idea. It's composed of
			silica polymers, duranium, and a
			few other compounds we can't
			identify.
				(beat)
			But creating it has put quite a
			strain on our systems. Warp power
			has dropped forty-seven percent...

	Picard considers the situation.

					PICARD
			Counselor, were you able to draw
			any other conclusions from your
			experience on the Holodeck?
			Anything that might help us handle
			this situation?

					TROI
			I think the Holodeck is what might
			be called the ship's
			"imagination." It's full of
			fanciful, metaphoric imagery -- as
			though it's having some kind of...
			daydream. It may not make literal
			sense... but symbolically there's
			probably some kind of logic to it.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     43.

57   CONTINUED: (2)

					BEVERLY
			The characters you spoke to... do
			they have any particular
			significance?

					TROI
			I think they represent various
			aspects of the ship. The
			Engineer, for instance... may have
			represented the navigational
			system. The Gunslinger could be
			the weapon system...

					PICARD
			Is there any possibility that we
			might be able to persuade them to
			give back control of the ship?

					TROI
			I'm not sure it's possible to
			reason with them. Many of them
			seem genuinely unaware of what's
			going on... and of their role in
			it.

	She hesitates, trying to find the right words.

					TROI
			It's as though this emergent
			intelligence is still an infant...
			acting on instinct, trying to
			figure itself out as it goes. The
			only source of experience it can
			draw on is ours -- through our
			Holodeck programs.

	Picard ponders the situation.

					PICARD
			Is there a way to... relate to
			them on their own level...
			influence their behavior in some
			way... ?

					TROI
				(considers)
			Maybe there is.
				(beat)
			I'd like to go back and try.

	Beverly doesn't like this idea.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     44.

57   CONTINUED: (3)

					BEVERLY
			Deanna, the injuries you got on
			the Holodeck could have killed
			you...

					GEORDI
			And so far, we haven't been able
			to re-establish the safeties.

					TROI
			I'm aware of that.

	She turns to Picard, waiting for an answer.

					PICARD
			Go ahead, Counselor. But keep
			this in mind... so far, we've
			tried to thwart the ship in all
			its efforts. And that's gotten us
			nowhere.
				(beat)
			Maybe it's time to try
			cooperating.

	OFF their reactions.

									CUT TO:

58   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	Troi, Data, and Worf ENTER. The Conductor marches up
	the aisle, angry.

					CONDUCTOR
			You don't belong on this train!

	Worf hands the Conductor THREE TICKETS.

					WORF
			Three for Vertiform City.

	The Conductor takes the tickets, surprised. With a
	friendly look, the Conductor punches the tickets and
	hands them back to Worf.

					CONDUCTOR
			Guess I was wrong about you folks.
			Welcome aboard.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     45.

58   CONTINUED:

	Suddenly, the car lights DIM, and FLICKER slightly.
	The group reacts, looking around the car.

					WORF
			What was that?

	The Conductor seems a little concerned himself.

					CONDUCTOR
			We've been having some problems...
			the engine's running out of
			steam... I hope we make it to
			Vertiform City on time.

					TROI
			Is there anything we could do to
			help?

	The Conductor considers.

					CONDUCTOR
			Well, I could use a pair of strong
			arms up in the Engine Room...
			maybe we could get back on
			schedule.

	He looks pointedly at Worf.

					TROI
			Why don't you go with him, Worf...
			We'll do what we can here.

	Worf nods and moves off with the Conductor. Troi and
	Data confer.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR     46.

58   CONTINUED: (2)

					HAYSEED
				(concerned)
			'Scuse me... are we goin' to get
			there okay?

	Troi approaches and sits with him. In her most
	comforting manner --

					TROI
			Of course we are. Don't worry
			about a thing.
				(beat)
			Now... I want you to tell me
			everything you know about
			Vertiform City.

					HAYSEED
			Well... they got a restaurant
			there... where you can eat all
			you want, any time... it's the
			best food around...

									CUT TO:

59   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM

	There is a coal-fired BOILER and a CONTROL BOX with
	several gears and levers. The Conductor hands Worf a
	shovel and opens the boiler door. He gestures off-camera.

     STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FOUR     47.

59   CONTINUED:

					CONDUCTOR
			Well, there's the coal and there's
			the boiler.
				(beat)
			Sure obliged for your help.

	Worf takes the shovel from him, dips into the off-camera
	pile of coal, and begins shoveling it into the
	boiler.

					CONDUCTOR
				(continuing)
			Well done, sir. I think this will
			make a difference, all right...

	Worf keeps shoveling.

60   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker. Riker is studying his chair console.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			I don't know how or why, sir...
			but power's almost back to normal
			levels... life support systems
			coming on line on all decks.

					PICARD
			What's our heading?

					RIKER
			It looks like we're on course
			for... Tambor Beta-six. It's a
			white dwarf star...

	They exchange a puzzled look...

									CUT TO:

61   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM - THE FURNACE

	The train is ROARING along faster than ever. Worf is
	shoveling coal into the boiler; the Conductor acts as
	cheerleader.

					CONDUCTOR
			That's the way... keep it
			steady... put your back into it!

	Worf begins to shovel faster...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FOUR         48.

62   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	as it nears a WHITE STAR, a BEAM shoots forth from the
	ship into the star.

63   INT. BRIDGE

	Riker reacts to his console.

					RIKER
			The ship is using a modified
			tractor beam to collect vertion
			particles from the star.

					PICARD
				(to Picard)
			Vertion particles... "Vertiform"
			City. This is what the ship was
			looking for...

	The ship suddenly SHAKES.

					RIKER
				(off console)
			Sir, the particles are being
			routed through the transporter
			system -- and into Cargo Bay Five.

	Riker and Picard exchange a look.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Geordi... what's going on?

									INTERCUT:

64   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Geordi and his team are standing near the object,
	scanning it with their tricorders. The object is
	beginning to GLOW BRIGHTLY FROM WITHIN. It is now much
	larger than before and clearly resembles the strange
	molecule we've seen before...

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder, to com)
			The object's absorbing vertion
			particles, sir... and it's growing
			even faster than before.
				(beat; amazed)
			Sir... I'm picking up internal
			energy emissions from this
			thing...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR         49.

64   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			What do you mean?

					GEORDI
			It's beginning to generate its own
			energy...

	Riker and Picard react.

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Can you be more specific?

					GEORDI
			I'm picking up coherent
			emissions... matter conversion...
			it's incredible...

	Suddenly, the glow DIMS, begins to FADE... Geordi
	looks at his tricorder in alarm.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Wait, something's wrong... we've
			got power fluctuations... the
			vertion absorption rate is
			dropping...
				(beat)
			What's happening to the particle
			beam?

	Riker checks his console.

					RIKER
			The beam's exhausted the supply of
			particles in the star... there's
			nothing left to take out.

					GEORDI
			Captain -- the object's energy
			output is decreasing...

65   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM

	The Conductor's checking the boiler, panicking...

					CONDUCTOR
			Something's wrong...

					WORF
			What is it... ?

	The Conductor stares frantically out the windows...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FOUR        49A.

65   CONTINUED:

					CONDUCTOR
				(distraught)
			This was supposed to be
			"Vertiform" City...

66   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The particle beam BREAKS UP completely and
	DISAPPEARS...

            STAR TREK: "Emergence" - 02/17/94 - ACT FOUR            50.

67   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	The GLOW from the object FADES and DARKENS. The nearly
	finished "molecule" now appears inert...

68   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN -ENGINE ROOM

	The Conductor moves to the controls, grabs a lever.

					CONDUCTOR
			We've been on the wrong track all
			along!

	He pulls the lever back hard.

69   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	With an awful SCREECH OF THE TRACKS, the train lurches
	from side to side -- Troi, Data and the other
	passengers are thrown about in the terrible grinding,
	CRASH. The train has DERAILED. Everything goes
	black...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FOUR                         

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         51.

                           ACT FIVE                             

	FADE IN:

70   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (STOCK OPTICAL)

	hanging in space at an extreme angle -- as if
	"derailed" itself.

71   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	It's a smoking wreck inside, and the train has come to
	a complete stop. Data and Troi struggle to their feet --
	Troi is battered and bruised but okay. As they try to
	get their bearings, Worf ENTERS from the forward door.

					WORF
			Are you all right?

					TROI
			Yes... what happened?

					WORF
			The Conductor accidently derailed
			the train.

					DATA
				(taps combadge)
			Data to Captain Picard...

72   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard and Riker have joined Geordi in the Cargo Bay.
	Geordi is running his tricorder over the now DIMLY-FLICKERING
	Object.

					PICARD
				(to Com)
			Picard here.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			We have had an accident in the
			Holodeck. Has anything happened
			to the Enterprise?

					PICARD
			Yes -- a ship-wide shutdown.
			We've lost attitude control and
			most systems are off-line.

					GEORDI (O.S.)
			Captain, I think you better take
			a look at this...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         52.

72   CONTINUED:

	Picard turns to Geordi.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			When the particle beam cut off,
			the object was beginning to form
			a coherent energy matrix...

	Picard and Riker react.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			... and if these readings are
			accurate, I'd say the emission
			patterns were almost... organic.

					PICARD
			Are you suggesting that the
			Enterprise has been attempting to
			create... a lifeform?

					GEORDI
			I think so...

	A stunned beat. Picard stares at the object with a
	curious wonder.

					PICARD
			Will it... survive?

					GEORDI
				(off tricorder)
			Its energy levels are dropping
			rapidly... Unless it gets an
			infusion of vertion particles
			pretty soon... I don't think so.

	A grim beat.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         53.

72   CONTINUED: (2)

	Suddenly, the ship LURCHES forward. Geordi checks a
	nearby console.

					GEORDI
			Captain, our systems are back on
			line... we're moving again -- at
			warp nine.

	Reactions. Picard heads for the door.

					PICARD
			Let's get back to the Bridge.

73
thru	OMITTED
75

76   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	Troi, Data, and Worf look around in amazement: the room
	has returned to normal. All of the passengers are
	there (except the Conductor, the Hitman, and the
	Engineer), and everyone seems happy as the train speeds
	along.

	Troi moves to the Hayseed.

					HAYSEED
			Whew... that was a close one,
			wasn't it?

					TROI
			Where are we going now?

					HAYSEED
			"New Vertiform City," of course.

	Troi and Data exchange a look.

					DATA
				(taps combadge)
			Data to Captain...

					PICARD'S COM VOICE
			Picard here.

					DATA
				(to com)
			The train has returned to normal,
			sir...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         54.

77   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker are in their command positions; Geordi
	is studying the Aft Science console in the background.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
				(continuing)
			... and our destination is "New
			Vertiform City."

					PICARD
				(to Riker)
			What's our course?

					RIKER
				(checks his console)
			We're heading for the Cordannas
			system.

					PICARD
			Another white dwarf star?

					RIKER
			Yes. It's the closest one to our
			last position...

	A beat. Geordi steps away from his console.

					GEORDI
			Captain, we've got a problem...

	Picard and Riker turn to face him.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FIVE         55.

77   CONTINUED:

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			Even at warp nine, the Cordannas
			system is over twelve hours from
			here...

					PICARD
			Will the object in the cargo bay
			survive that long?

					GEORDI
			I think it will, sir, but that's
			not the problem...
				(beat)
			The ship's diverted all of our
			systems to maximize propulsion --
			including life support.
				(beat)
			We've got less than two hours of
			reserve oxygen.

	Picard takes in the news. His mind is racing, trying
	to find a way out of this dilemma.

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister Data, we have to stop the
			Enterprise. That means you have
			to get control of that train.

					DATA'S COM VOICE
			Understood, sir.

					PICARD
				(to Geordi)
			The ship is looking for vertion
			particles... and it believes that
			the Cordannas system is the
			closest source...
				(beat)
			Is there another source --
			something closer?

					GEORDI
			White dwarf stars are the only
			natural source, sir.

					PICARD
			Then what about artificial
			sources? Is there any way to
			create them?

	OFF Geordi's intrigued expression...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         56.

78   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	The three confer.

					DATA
			How did the Conductor stop the
			train?

					WORF
			There is a braking lever in the
			engine room.

					TROI
			Let's go...

	They turn to head to the front of the car... and stop
	dead in their tracks.

79   THE FRONT DOOR

	is blocked by all the characters we've seen on the
	train (except the Conductor, the Engineer, and the
	Hitman): the Knight, the Gunslinger, the Flappers, the
	Man in the Grey Flannel Suit, and the Hayseed. They
	have the look of a surly mob...

					HAYSEED
			Sorry, folks. But you ain't goin'
			nowhere.

80   INT. BRIDGE - AFT SCIENCE

	The monitor is displaying a STAR MAP as Geordi works
	the console. Picard and Riker stand nearby, watching.

					GEORDI
			I've narrowed the search to the
			MacPherson Nebula, which is a
			supernova remnant... or Dikonalpha,
			a class-nine pulsar...

	Geordi indicates the star map.

					GEORDI
				(continuing)
			They're both fairly close to our
			current flight path... and either
			one might produce vertion
			particles if we detonated a
			modified photon torpedo inside it.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FIVE        56A.

80   CONTINUED:

					RIKER
			Vertions usually occur in
			miniscule amounts. Do you think
			either of these phenomena can
			produce enough of them?

					GEORDI
			That's hard to say. I can't even
			guarantee that we can create them
			at all.

					PICARD
			Well, we have to give it a try.
			The nebula or the pulsar? It's
			your choice, Mister La Forge.

	A beat -- Geordi knows how much is riding on this.

					GEORDI
			I think we should go for the
			nebula.

					PICARD
			Very well. Begin the torpedo
			modifications.

					RIKER
				(to Picard)
			Now let's hope we can get the ship
			to go where we want it to.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         57.

81   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR

	Troi, Data, and Worf with the group on the train. Troi
	is trying to communicate with the Hayseed.

					TROI
			Please listen to me. We
			understand what's happening. We
			know you must get to New Vertiform
			City.
				(beat)
			And we want to help you get there.

	The Hayseed listens, but seems helplessly confused.

					HAYSEED
			I dunno...

					TROI
			Please. We're your friends.

	The Hayseed looks around at the others. They all seem
	uncertain, not knowing what to do.

					HAYSEED
			Well... you're really gonna help
			get us to New Vertiform City?

					TROI
			Yes. I promise.

	The Hayseed hesitates, struggling with this decision.
	Finally --

					HAYSEED
			Okay. But just one of you. The
			rest stay here.

	That's enough for Data. He's out the door.

82   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM

	Data ENTERS to see the Conductor and the Hitman
	standing in front of the brake lever and control box.
	The Hitman has drawn his gun. The boiler is burning
	brightly behind them.

					CONDUCTOR
			All right, that's far enough.

	Data stops.

					HITMAN
			Sorry to spoil your party, pal...
			it's nothing personal.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         58.

82   CONTINUED:

					DATA
			I can get us there more quickly.
			I know a shorter route.

					HITMAN
			Don't listen to him -- he's up to
			somethin'.

					CONDUCTOR
			A shorter route... ?

					DATA
			Yes. If you will let me handle
			the controls.

					HITMAN
			Don't do it!

					CONDUCTOR
			We're behind schedule now... if he
			could get us there on time...

	The Conductor stares at Data, a moment of decision.
	Then he gestures toward the controls.

					CONDUCTOR
			Go on. But no funny stuff.

	Data taps his combadge.

					DATA
				(to com)
			Data to Captain Picard...

									INTERCUT:

83   INT. BRIDGE

	Picard and Riker at command; Geordi at Aft Science.

					DATA
				(continuing)
			I have taken control of the engine
			room.

					PICARD
			Stand by.
				(to Geordi)
			Are we within sensor range of the
			nebula?

					GEORDI
			Yes, sir.

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE        58A.

83   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(to com)
			Mister Data, try to slow us to
			impulse speed.

					DATA
			I will attempt to do so.

	As Data puts a hand on the controls the Conductor takes
	a step forward.

					CONDUCTOR
			I sure hope you know what you're
			doing...

	Data slowly pulls back the brake lever...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/18/94 - ACT FIVE         59.

84   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	drops out of warp. A NEBULA is visible in the
	distance.

85   INT. BRIDGE

					PICARD
			Are the torpedo modifications
			complete?

					GEORDI
			Aye, sir.

					PICARD
			Launch torpedo.

	Geordi works the controls, and we hear the SOUND of the
	torpedo launch.

86   EXT. SPACE - THE TORPEDO (STOCK OPTICAL)

	blasts into the Nebula... a short beat later, the
	Nebula explodes into a dazzling, shimmering GLOW.

87   INT. BRIDGE

					GEORDI
				(off console)
			It's working, sir... the
			reaction's producing vertion
			particles...

	Reactions.

88   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - ENGINE ROOM

	Both the Conductor and the Hitman are looking curiously
	out the window as Data watches them carefully.

					CONDUCTOR
				(scratches his head)
			Well, what do you know... we're
			here...

					HITMAN
			New Vertiform City...

          STAR TREK: "Emergence" - REV. 02/22/94 - ACT FIVE         60.

88   CONTINUED:

	The Conductor shrugs. He smiles and steps up to the
	control box and sounds the STEAM WHISTLE.

									CUT TO:

89   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	A particle BEAM from the ship is tapping into the
	glowing NEBULA.

90   INT. CARGO BAY (OPTICAL)

	Picard, Beverly, and Geordi are watching the Object --
	it's almost fully formed now, and is GLOWING with a
	strong, powerful radiance. As they look at the forming
	Object in wonder, Riker ENTERS and moves to Picard.

					RIKER
			The nodes are deactivating all
			over the ship. Our systems are
			beginning to function normally
			again.

					PICARD
			Then the purpose of the ship's
			intelligence... was simply to
			bring that life form into being...

					BEVERLY
			There are entire species whose
			sole purpose in life is to
			reproduce. And when they finally
			procreate... they die.

	As they share the moment...

					GEORDI
			Captain, look...

	The Object is now complete. It RISES off the floor and
	begins to SPARKLE with a transporter-like effect.

	Our people get one final, glimpse of the fully-formed
	structure... weird, alien, beautiful... before the
	Object DEMATERIALIZES...

91   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	and REMATERIALIZES outside the ship. Then the Object
	moves gently away and disappears into space.

									CUT TO:

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92   INT. HOLODECK/TRAIN - SALON CAR (OPTICAL)

	All the characters we've seen are in the car, champagne
	glasses in hand, raised for a toast. Troi, Data and
	Worf have joined them.

					CONDUCTOR
			Cheers.

	As glasses touch -- the scene disappears.

93   INT. HOLODECK

	Worf, Troi and Data are standing in an empty Holodeck.
	OFF their expressions...

94   EXT. SPACE - THE ENTERPRISE (OPTICAL)

	The ship at impulse across a field of stars.

					PICARD (V.O.)
			Captain's Log, supplemental. The
			Enterprise is back under our
			control. All traces of the
			emergent intelligence are gone...
			and the object it created has
			disappeared into space...

95   INT. READY ROOM

	Picard is working at his computer when the door CHIMES.

					PICARD
			Come.

	The DOOR OPENS and Data ENTERS.

					DATA
			Captain, I am staging a scene from
			The Tempest this evening for a
			small audience. I would like you
			to attend.

	Picard stands from the desk.

					PICARD
			I'd be honored. Which scene?

					DATA
			Miranda's first encounter with
			other human beings.

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95   CONTINUED:

					PICARD
				(smiles)
			"Oh brave new world that has such
			people in it."

					DATA
			It seemed appropriate.

	Data pauses a beat.

					DATA
			Captain. You took a significant
			risk in allowing the Enterprise to
			complete its... task.

					PICARD
			Why do you say that?

					DATA
			Because the end product was
			unknown. The object could have
			been dangerous. It may in fact,
			be dangerous...

					PICARD
			And I've allowed it to go off on
			its merry way.

					DATA
			Yes, sir.

	Picard considers for a moment.

					PICARD
			The intelligence that formed on
			the Enterprise... it didn't just
			come out of the ship's systems --
			it came out of us. Our mission
			records, our personal logs, even
			our Holodeck programs -- our
			fantasies.

	Picard steps over to the window and stares out.

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			If our experiences with the
			Enterprise have been honorable...

	He turns back to Data.

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95   CONTINUED: (2)

					PICARD
				(continuing)
			Then can't we trust the sum of
			those experiences to be the same?

	Data reflects for a moment, then nods, turns and leaves
	the Ready Room. Picard glances again out the window,
	sits back down at his computer and gets back to work...

									FADE OUT.

                        END OF ACT FIVE                         

                            THE END